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...Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules By Stacy Perman Collins Business; 345 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Burger to pop-culture stardom. The California-based chain, which owns 232 restaurants in the Western U.S., causes "burger jams" every time it opens a new location. Famous habitués, from Tom Cruise to Julia Child, have given the fare impassioned (unpaid) endorsements. In short, says Perman (a former TIME writer), "it is the envy of the industry and the darling of investment bankers, who routinely put In-N-Out on their IPO wish list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Perman's reporting is considerable, with 34 pages of footnotes to prove this is no quick-serve history--maybe to a fault. And her lively writing style occasionally leads to too much relish: "In-N-Out's fan-customers can usually remember the first time they ate at an In-N-Out much in the same way that most people can remember their first kiss." Well, maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thursday: 8:30 A.M. Cafeteria Lady | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...February 1966, the community recoiled at its nationally televised image. The qualities residents cherished most had been turned against them: safety and security became insularity and complacency, their sense of propriety came off as snobbery, their prosperity as materialism. People were livid, and some still are. Chicago correspondent Stacy Perman tracked down several who were there during the filming. Most recall the program as "a hatchet job" but concede that it had its points. "Looking back," says Doug Wheeler, class of '67 and now an emergency-room doctor in Jefferson City, Mo., "there was more truth to it than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Story--Seen Through a Microscope | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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